Hanford worker decontaminates equipment. (Photo courtesy Washington River Protection Solutions) RICHLAND, Washington, August 20, 2012 (ENS) – For the first time, a leak of highly radioactive waste has ...

An inspection of Hanford's second-oldest double-shell tank holding radioactive waste has found no evidence of a leak. The result of the inspection was good news for taxpayers as the Department of ...

Two options that might speed up removal of radioactive waste from leaking underground storage tanks at Hanford will be evaluated, according to the terms of a settlement agreement reached Wednesday.

The leak in a massive underground double-shell nuclear waste tank at the Hanford Site has grown significantly since the leak was first announced to the public last fall, according to sources who have ...

A leak in a massive nuclear waste storage tank at the Hanford Site has expanded significantly, KING 5 learned this weekend. After leak detector alarms sounded early Sunday morning, crews at Hanford ...

Hanford could be challenged to immediately empty another of its underground, double-shell tanks holding high level radioactive waste if more of those tanks fail. A Department of Energy Office of ...

A third aging underground tank at the Hanford nuclear site is suspected of leaking highly radioactive and hazardous chemical waste into the ground, the Department of Energy said Thursday. “This is ...

Workers at the Hanford Site in Washington state are using cold spray metal coating on aging double-shell waste tanks to ...

The multi-billion-dollar plant being built to process highly radioactive waste at the Hanford Site is years behind schedule and not expected to begin operations until the end of this decade at the ...

RICHLAND — Hanford workers are expected to begin pumping radioactive waste from a leak-prone underground tank at Hanford for the first time in nearly two years. Work is scheduled to begin this weekend ...